Demand for delivery services increased during the coronavirus pandemic. In Guinea, where the sector remains underdeveloped, Sékou Lamine Coyah Bangoura founded a startup to meet demand.

The service is offered via the mobile app mycolismart available only on Android. Users can buy various types of goods such as food, medicine, clothing, school supplies, etc., and get them delivered. They can schedule the drop-off and pick-up of clothes at the laundry. The platform also allows them to book the shipment of goods depending on the transport schedules and benefit from discounts. Moreover, the solution integrates a service that allows users to donate items to the needy in orphanages.

Mycolismart has more than 21 independent motorcycle drivers for deliveries within cities, and more than 200 partner vans for inter-city deliveries. To access the solution, users are required to open an account that allows them to track all of their purchase and shipping operations. Mycolismart has partnered with Orange to facilitate service payments.

Six years ago, Mycolismart won second place in the Orange Prize for Social Entrepreneurship in Africa and the Middle East (Poesam). The prize is worth 30,000,000 Guinean francs (nearly 3,000 euros).

Adoni Conrad Quenum